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How dependent

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on immigrant labor

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are Wisconsin dairy farms?

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Any farm that

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employs anybody

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is going to

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have immigrants

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on any dairy farm.

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At that point

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we determined

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based on everything

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that we know

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that at least 80%

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and I would guess 90%

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of the milk harvested

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every day in Wisconsin

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is harvested by immigrants.

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And so are

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these workers

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in the U.S. legally?

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Well, there is

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no visa

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available for immigrants

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to get to work

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on dairy farms.

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The H-2A visa is

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for short-term employment

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10 months

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and dairy is

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24 hours a day

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seven days a week

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365 days a year.

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So, there is no legal way

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for them to get here.

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According to the directions

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from the IRS

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if you look at the documents

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and they appear genuine

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you accept them.

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And that's what we do.

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And all of our employees

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have green cards.

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If Congress isn't going to

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do their work

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we still have to milk the cows.

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We still have to produce the mil

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We still have to deliver calves.

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We can't just sit and wait

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for some political posturing

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and reelection things

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and everything else.

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So, we get things done

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and that's what

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we need to do.